Vehicle-brake.



N0. 694,!84. Patented Feb. 25, I902.

J. W. PACKARD &. W. A. HATCHER.

VEHICLE BRAKE.

(Application filed Oct. 29, 1900.3

(No Modgal.)

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WITNESSES A. 7TOHA/EYS "m: mums PEYERS c0 Fume-Lawn, WASNINOTON, D. c:

U TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES W.'PACKARD"AND \VILLIAMA. I-IATOHER, OF VVARR'EN, OHIO.

VEHICLE-BRAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 694,184, dated February 25, 1902.

V Application filed October 29, 1900. Serial No. 34,742. (No model.)

To all whom it hwy-concern.-

Be it known that we, J AMES W. PACKARD and WILLIAM A. HATCHER, citizens of the an annular brake-rim fastened directly to the inner periphery of the rim of, a wheel at one side of the spokes by means of brackets attached to the inner periphery of the wheel and to the outer periphery of the brake-rim. This specification is a specific disclosure of one form of the invention, ,while the claims 'definethe actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views;

Figure 1 is a plan view of the running-gear of an automobile vehicle to which our invention is applied, parts being shown in section,

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same; and Fig. 3 is a sectional view of one of the wheels, showing a part of the brake in elevation.

The brake is here shown as applied to the two rear wheels of a vehicle, although it is obviousthat it may be applied to only one wheel and that it may be the front or rear wheel, as desired. We consider the arrangementshown,however,preferable. Thebrake is operated by a foot-lever a,inounted to swing on an axis below the flooring ofv the vehicle and provided with a toothed sector a, the axis of which is coincident with the axis of the foot-lever. This sector ct engages with a pinion b on a transverse shaft b, mounted below the floor of the vehicle and provided at each end with a downwardly-projecting arm 5 attached to a rod or other connection 0, which extends rearward to the rear wheels, as shown in Fig. 2. i

The brake shoes (1 are carried, respectively, on levers e, which are fulcrumed at their upper ends on the front ends of the elliptical springs of the vehicle. Retractile springs e are connected with the levers e and with the .rear axle of the vehicle, and these springs tend to move the levers rearward and disengage the. brake-shoes from the wheels, the springs normally holding the brakes released. The rods 0 are attached by suitable connections 0 to the lower ends of the levers e, and when the foot-lever a is thrown forward it turns the shaft b, so that the rods 0 are drawn forward,and this movement beingtranst'erred to the levers e and brake-shoes d the latter are moved forward into active position. The brake-shoes act against annular brakerims f, the cross-sectional form of. which is essentially semicircular or concavo-convex, the concave sides being inward. The brakerims are attached to the inner peripheries of the wheels through the medium of brackets or other fastening devices g. These brackets are riveted to the inner peripheries of the vehicle-wheels and to the outer peripheries of the brake-rims, and at the points Where the brackets engage thebrake-rims the brackets are curved to conform to the curvature of the rims. The auxiliary rims are therefore located at the inner sides of the wheels out of the way of the spokes thereof and in position to be properly engaged by the brakeshoes in the manner illustrated in the drawings. By this arrangement the brakes may be applied effectively and the movements of the vehicle completely controlled. 'At the same time'it does not necessitate the application of the brakes to the pneumatic tires of the wheel, which is known by persons skilled in the art to be detrimental to the tires. The auxiliary rimf may be made detachable, if so desired; but this is non-essential so far as our invention is concerned.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. Avehicle provided with a wheel having an outer concave bearing-surface, and aconroo cave rim attached to the inner side thereof at one side of the plane of the spokes, said rim having its concave side inward for the purpose specified.

2. A vehicle provided with a wheel having an outer concave bearing-surface, a concave rim attached to the inner side thereof, said rim having its concave side inward for the purpose specified, a brake-lever fulcrumed to the vehicle-spring, a brake-shoe bearing on said concave rim, and a spring for retracting the lever and shoe, said spring being attached adjacent to the axle of the wheel.

3. A vehicle-brake comprising an annular brake-rim adapted to be engaged by the brakeshoe, and located at one side of the spokes of the wheel directly adjacent to the inner periphery of the rim of the same, and brackets JAMES W. PACKARD. W. A. HATCHER.

Witnesses:

M. S. ANDREWS, ROBT. E. GORTON. 

